The report includes an Executive Summary that identifies the technology winners and losers and presents forecasts through 2003. The Technologies section traces the development of the nine major technologies, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. The Market section discusses the applications driving demand for high-speed Internet access and explores more than a dozen potential market evolution scenarios. The Vendors section profiles nearly 50 companies, with in-depth profiles of firms such as @Home, PairGain Technologies, Teligent Corp., Winstar Communications, Ericsson and Teledesic. The study contains more than 35 tables and figures.

The following are additional conclusions found in Bandwidth Bonanza: High-Speed Internet Access Technologies, Markets and Vendors:

A. The market needs access solutions that are affordable, widely available and qualitatively faster than 56 kbps dial-up modems. Demand will far exceed supply over the next five years. There will be multiple technology winners and losers.

B. Cable modems will outperform xDSL. Cable operators possess a mammoth, broadband infrastructure. They are upgrading their networks and cooperating with third parties. Despite some false starts, cable TV networks are well on their way to offering interactive voice, data, and video services to SOHO and consumer markets.

C. Wireless will slowly become the Number One broadband access platform. Wireless operators can provision service quicker, exploit the superior cost-efficiency of point-to-multipoint operation and continuously upgrade their infrastructure. The spectrum shortage is over.

D. Teligent and Winstar will finish at the top of the wireless winners list. Additional winners will include digital cellular/PCS operators, entrepreneurs employing wireless LAN technology and sky-based solutions such as the Teledesic broadband satellite enterprise.

E. The evolution to higher speeds will also provide the opportunity to redefine basic telecommunications services. Always-on connectivity, bandwidth-on-demand and mobility will become norms rather than exceptions.

G. Digital cellular and PCS operators will provide both fixed and mobile Internet access at 64,000 bps and faster. The major battle for third-generation dominance will be fought using enhanced second-generation technologies.

H. Wireless LAN technology will emerge as a surprise winner in the high-speed access market. It will be employed by established Internet Service Providers (ISPs), a wireless-ISP cottage industry and get-rich-quick schemers.